Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Delaware for 2009

The Law Enforcement (LEO) payscale is the federal government payscale used to determine the salaries of over 70% of federal civilian employees.

Like the General Schedule (GS) Payscale, under the LEO payscale an employee's base pay depends on two factors - the LEO Paygrade of their job, and the Paygrade Step they have achieved (depending on seniority or performance). This base pay is then modified based on a "Locality Pay Adjustment", which adjusts the LEO payscale based on cost-of-living in different areas within the United States.

Delaware has one or more Locality Pay Adjustment areas with special locality pay adjustment rates. This page lists the locality-adjusted yearly LEO pay scales for each area, with starting pay for a LEO-1 broken down by county in the interactive map.

The PHILADELPHIA-READING-CAMDEN, PA-NJ-DE-MD General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Philadelphia and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 21.25% more than the GS base pay rates to account for local cost of living.

LEO Grade

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

Step 6

Step 7

Step 8

Step 9

Step 10

LEO-3

$31,306

$32,175

$33,044

$33,914

$34,783

$35,652

$36,522

$37,391

$38,260

$39,130

LEO-4

$35,146

$36,122

$37,098

$38,074

$39,050

$40,026

$41,002

$41,978

$42,954

$43,930

LEO-5

$40,416

$41,509

$42,601

$43,694

$44,786

$45,879

$46,971

$48,064

$49,156

$50,248

LEO-6

$42,613

$43,831

$45,048

$46,265

$47,483

$48,700

$49,917

$51,135

$52,352

$53,569

LEO-7

$46,003

$47,357

$48,710

$50,063

$51,416

$52,769

$54,122

$55,476

$56,829

$58,182

LEO-8

$47,951

$49,449

$50,948

$52,447

$53,945

$55,444

$56,943

$58,441

$59,940

$61,439

LEO-9

$51,306

$52,961

$54,616

$56,271

$57,926

$59,581

$61,236

$62,891

$64,546

$66,201

LEO-10

$56,500

$58,322

$60,145

$61,967

$63,790

$65,612

$67,434

$69,257

$71,079

$72,902

The Philadelphia locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Dover, and other areas within the region.

Any federal employees in Delaware who do not live in an area for which a specific Locality Pay Adjustment has been set will receive the generic "Rest of the United States" locality pay adjustment of 13.86% (shown in the table below).

LEO Grade

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

Step 6

Step 7

Step 8

Step 9

Step 10

LEO-3

$29,398

$30,214

$31,030

$31,847

$32,663

$33,479

$34,296

$35,112

$35,929

$36,745

LEO-4

$33,003

$33,920

$34,837

$35,753

$36,670

$37,586

$38,503

$39,419

$40,336

$41,253

LEO-5

$37,953

$38,979

$40,005

$41,031

$42,056

$43,082

$44,108

$45,134

$46,160

$47,186

LEO-6

$40,016

$41,159

$42,302

$43,446

$44,589

$45,732

$46,875

$48,018

$49,161

$50,304

LEO-7

$43,200

$44,470

$45,741

$47,012

$48,282

$49,553

$50,824

$52,094

$53,365

$54,636

LEO-8

$45,028

$46,436

$47,843

$49,250

$50,657

$52,065

$53,472

$54,879

$56,287

$57,694

LEO-9

$48,179

$49,733

$51,287

$52,841

$54,395

$55,950

$57,504

$59,058

$60,612

$62,166

LEO-10

$53,056

$54,768

$56,479

$58,190

$59,902

$61,613

$63,324

$65,036

$66,747

$68,458

The Rest of U.S. locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: and other areas within the region.